Most satisfying?

dinyull

After passing a Colnago (rare as hens teeth up here in the north east) at the weekend, it got me thinking:

Whats the most satisfying overtake?

iPete

If I'm on the fixie, the road is pointing upward and they are really trying to get on my wheel, that's fun. Dropping wheel suckers basically. Satisfaction from overtaking randoms, on nicer bikes, on completely different rides, not getting in my way...not so much.

Go race.

dinyull

I should add...this isn't overly serious. I (and I expect most others) don't go out trying to race people at the weekend, I don't give a second thought to passing anyone on a Cannondale, Spesh etc etc etc but have a wry smile when passing a Propel with 60mm wheels or £5/6k's worth of Pinarello on my modest Boardman/Planet X.

fenix

Opentop Ferrari on a descent. (like the one off Magnum)

Secteur

I don't know about this whole overtaking nonsense.

I train on the same roads as the Yates twins, and I suspect I could pass them as they cruise home, warming down after their 150 mile hard training ride, as I emerge fresh as a daisy, warm and with zero miles in the legs that day.

Of course, they could up their effort by 1% and rip my legs off.

The point I'm making is that even when passing someone on a super expensive bike, you just don't know where they've been or what they're doing, so it counts for nothing.

As for the cost of the bike, that smacks more of jealousy that this would be your chosen smugness criteria!

OK, I know you were being tongue-in-cheek, but perhaps this exposes your inner hang ups?

fac83ajc

Overtaking an Audi on a descent I have to admit was pretty satisfying! Bit naughty but he was doing easy under 40 and it was a 60 limit...

Other bikes wise, passing a lad on a Storck running Dura-Ace etc high on a climb after he tore past me near the bottom. Thinking about it now though, the speed he went by at the bottom he was likely doing intervals or testing max HR or something. Ruined it for myself now!

sloppyschleckonds

Shaved legs, uphill obs

fac83ajc

For the record my not winter bike is a Propel with deep section carbon rims and funky electronic gears etc. I get overtaken on that a now and then by all manner of bikes, so I appreciate and giggle about both sides

slowbike

Overtaking TTers whilst on a club run was satisfying - made sure we kept out of their way though. TBF, it was a climb and we were on roadies.. and a fair few TTers overtook us too.

dinyull

Secteur wrote:

I don't know about this whole overtaking nonsense.

I train on the same roads as the Yates twins, and I suspect I could pass them as they cruise home, warming down after their 150 mile hard training ride, as I emerge fresh as a daisy, warm and with zero miles in the legs that day.

Of course, they could up their effort by 1% and rip my legs off.

The point I'm making is that even when passing someone on a super expensive bike, you just don't know where they've been or what they're doing, so it counts for nothing.

As for the cost of the bike, that smacks more of jealousy that this would be your chosen smugness criteria!

OK, I know you were being tongue-in-cheek, but perhaps this exposes your inner hang ups?

Sh*t the bed, that was a cheap psychotherapy session.

fat daddy

Secteur wrote:

so it counts for nothing.

you have a very valid point .. that I cant argue with .... until you get to the bit "it counts for nothing"

For me, the best overtaking is the one where I have had to work my arse off to do it .... the commutes in to work where for a mile your legs are burning with acid, you lungs are perpetually gasping and you are even starting to wheeze as the asthma you don't have is kicking in ???

and slowely you are closing in on that rider that is clearly better than you, his head isn't bobbing around, but he is shifting some, he gest out the saddle after slow bends to get the speed back up he is on the pedals again approaching lights hoping to make them before they go red .... .and still you push, in range, in the tow, out to the side, power past .... now the hard bit ... make it stick, come on come on push harder, hill, out the saddle dig deep, top of hill, do not coast, do not ease up, just bang those gears, get lower keep spinning. ..... start praying for a red light or for him to turn off.

They are the best, it doesn't matter if he has done 20 miles and I have only done 7 ... or if he is on a 7kg bike compared to my 12kg+panniers ... what matters is I had to work my arse off to do it, and that is my satisfaction

but I don't give a sh1t what bike they are on ... it just doesn't make a difference to speed in my book, you are either a fast rider or you arnt

I use 2 bikes during the week a 7kg Roubaix and a 12kg boardman hybrid ..... I am more often than not quicker on the hybrid !

fat daddy

however the poll is lacking it needs 2 more answers

(4) e-bike
(5) a deliveroo rider on anything !

IanRCarter

Personally, I don't even think about it. I'll say hello, might have a look down at what they're riding - especially if I can see from behind that it looks like a nice steel frame - and then carry on. Like Secteur said, you don't know what they're doing.

pblakeney

Doesn't happen often but one guy on Superbagneres pee'd me off enough to pass and drop, with satisfaction.
I had stopped to take photos and he invited me onto his wheel. He would slow down, I go to take a turn, he'd accelerate.
He wasn't for talking either so after 3 attempts and his slow speed was hindering me so I shot off.
Watching him reach the top as I sat in the cafe drinking a Coke I wondered, why the change in pace? Muppet.

fenix

Oh caught that Boardman bloke one day. Turns out he was having a breather between intervals.
The timer beeped and he shot off like a scalded cat on a Yamaha. Ridiculously strong. As you'd expect...

cgfw201

fat blokes with aero helmets always makes me happy

step83

cgfw201 wrote:

fat blokes with aero helmets always makes me happy

Plenty of those round my way, usually crying going up a 2% incline.
During the summer I went up a hill past a local club giving them an overly cheery non out of breath "Morning!" probably my most satisfying after the dirty looks they gave me. I was cheating a little with a 32T rear cassette though

homers_double

What's an overtake???

andy9964

fat daddy wrote:

.... the commutes in to work where for a mile your legs are burning with acid, you lungs are perpetually gasping and you are even starting to wheeze as the asthma you don't have is kicking in ???

and slowely you are closing in on that rider that is clearly better than you, his head isn't bobbing around, but he is shifting some, he gest out the saddle after slow bends to get the speed back up he is on the pedals again approaching lights hoping to make them before they go red .... .and still you push, in range, in the tow, out to the side, power past .... now the hard bit ... make it stick, come on come on push harder, hill, out the saddle dig deep, top of hill, do not coast, do not ease up, just bang those gears, get lower keep spinning. ..... start praying for a red light or for him to turn off.

I'm worn out just reading that

pblakeney

fat daddy wrote:

however the poll is lacking it needs 2 more answers

(4) e-bike
(5) a deliveroo rider on anything !

Oooooooo! Just remembered a couple going up San Salvador in 30 degrees passing me on e-bikes smug as you like.
How I laughed 2/3 the way up when the battery packed in on one of them.

sungod

out-dragged a lamborghini down gower street, to be fair i reached way over the speed limit and he was probably being sensible/thinking about cameras/points/license, we exchanged grins

thegreatdivide

Dinyull wrote:

After passing a Colnago (rare as hens teeth up here in the north east) at the weekend, it got me thinking:

Whats the most satisfying overtake?

The one where the sneering bell end on the Specialized/Trek/Cannondale overtakes us on our Colnagos bedecked in our finest Rapha. We then sit a few bike lengths behind, watching him panic when he realises he can't drop us, but we hold the distance as he slowly withers, peddling squares and his head reaches bursting point. A quick burst of speed from the boys on the nice bikes and we're off, leaving the alloy legend in tatters, dragging his massive chip home where he'll forget that Strava has a fly by feature when he tells his kudos pals how he 'dropped some Rapha pricks' on his ride.

This happens a lot.

Phil&hisbikes

You missed triathletes!

My usual Sunday ride was invaded by a triathlon a few weeks ago. I overtook six of the buggers before taking a different direction, that was satisfying

Although I'd be the first to admit I'm just as likely to be overtaken (on a Cervelo) as I am to overtake anyone!

Ben6899

Overtaking a Saturday morning club ride, uphill, with a week's worth of kit and clothes in the panniers.

slowmart

Chasing a random stranger down who is ahead of you. Nothing about a comparison but just " can I do it"

kingstongraham

I always enjoyed overtaking a Bugatti Veyron when I commuted through Mayfair.

davebelushi

I ended up amongst an approx 200 strong lambretta/Vespa convoy just last Sunday and managed to get pulled along in their draft for a mile or so. I overtook quite a few too.
It was a bit odd to see a load of middle aged men dressed up in strange clothing out on a Sunday trying to recapture their youth...ah, wait.

mamil314

At least OP is honest about his insecurity. Not many would be hanging their laundry in public like that, respect.

pinno

I have 2 artificial hips, a suppressed immune system, no functioning spleen and an under active thyroid. I ride a Wilier CF with Campag Record 11 through out and Eurus wheels. My winter bike is a Colnago with Record 10 and a pair of Carbon Dura ace CL1380's (Ambrosio cassette for those who may have picked up on that one), replete with mudguards and lights.

Most people pass me. I don't give a flying farq.

Why don't you slow down and talk?

homers_double

Get you!

fat daddy

Pinno wrote:

Most people pass me. I don't give a flying farq.

That's good, because I am not trying to "best" you, there is no animosity towards you, I just want to catch and pass the person infront of me then set my sights on the next person whilst holding off anyone that might be coming up behind me .. its a battle of sustainable maximum output

Pinno wrote:

Why don't you slow down and talk?

how am I meant to catch the next person if I slow down and talk ? ..... I don't want to talk, what would I want to talk about, the weather ? how bland my plastic Tiagra shifters are ? if I wanted conversation I would go buy icecream at Tesco and watch it melt on the conveyor belt as the elder gent infront of me chats away about the niggling pain in is hip replacements